32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 32nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army regiment which was active from June 1862 to 11 July 1865 during the American Civil War. It was originally raised to garrison Fort Warren in Boston harbor, but it was later sent south to join the Army of the Potomac during the unsuccessful Peninsula Campaign. It took part in 30 battles, including the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, and the Siege of Petersburg; at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in 1864, the regiment suffered 54% casualties. It was unusual in that it was frequently replenished by men from disbanded regiments who sought to re-enlist.